That’s irrelevant, of course, given the fact they couldn’t beat the Dolphins (5-5) or the Redskins (3-7) or the Oakland Raiders (4-6) or the Houston Texans (2-8). Thus, reality is this: the Chargers are in last place in the AFC West with six games to play.

But Weddle broke his teeth on long odds. It was his rookie year when the Chargers went from 1-3 to 5-5 to 11-5. In his second season, they were 4-4, won four straight to make the postseason and ended up winning a playoff game.

“I still think we can get in,” Weddle said. “No doubt. There is not a team on the schedule I don’t feel we can beat. Not at all. We’re just so close to getting on a roll and just fricking smoking fools. We’re just a tinker off. Maybe next week. We go out play well, win a huge road game, win six games in a row. You never know.”